I understand the title says Vikings and the card has a baseball Smurf in it. So what? Peyo mocks your baseball. He's truly a football guy at heart. Just ask Hefty, arguably the Smurf closest to Peyo's heart. Hefty is Peyo's ideal. Football is the ideal game. No other game in the world requires so many pieces to move in synchronized aggressiveness like football. It's like really fast paced chess that spends a lot of time in the gym. And shooting up steroids.
Speaking of which, congrats to the Vikes on making the playoffs. So what if it was an extraordinarily ugly season overall, they made it in and that's all that matters. I believe this team is less then the sum of their parts. They have some of the most amazing players in the game today: Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor, Jared Allen, all the Williamses, Antoine Winfield, Darren Sharper, Matt Birk, Steve Hutchinson, and on and on. A lot of teams can say that they aren't as good as their potential, but this is a team that has some of the best players in specific categories. Leading rusher, a pass rusher, two of the best offensive linemen, the best defensive line, the most underrated corner in the NFL (finally made the Pro-Bowl) and on and on... You can twist statistics in sports to say something interesting about every player in the game, like Bernard Berrian has the highest yards-per-catch statistic in the league, but that means little when he's producing as little as he is. And that can be said about almost all the players on the team. Adrian Peterson is the best rusher in the league and put up the yards to prove it, maybe the best ever (to early to tell for sure) but our record doesn't show it. Our defense is the best against the run and gets better against the pass every game, but again, our record doesn't show it. This was very close to being another season where the Vikes imploded at the end. It was also almost another "Back into the Play-Offs" end of year.
But they won against the Giants.
I have good feelings about this team. I like their chances. I really do. The roster is full of huge talent. They are starting to peak right now. If the spirit of the team can remain high, then the Vikes will be unstoppable.
What does this have to do with the card you ask? Plenty. The Vikings are an excellent example of life. When the team has confidence, is playing with spirit, and enjoying the game, they truly are one of the best teams in the league. Peyo understands this. Peyo is saying you are more than the sum of your parts when you have the right attitude. The undeniable genius of Peyo has blessed us once more with his wisdom. Peyo is also saying baseball is overrated and is no longer America's past time. It's Japan's pass time now.
They can have it.
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